Dominate the Country

ps: This is an additional update after the collection reaches 3,000. I hope to be able to issue an additional update for the next chapter in a shorter time. I have saved manuscripts, as long as you collect them.

Don’t worry about today’s update. It’s not an additional update. Let’s continue with the third update.

Southeast of Yancheng, Gaoqiao Town.

The soldiers and horses of Guide Town coming from [Chenzhou] in the east and the soldiers and horses of Yunyang Town coming from [Runing] in the south finally merged. There are six or seven thousand people on each side, and together they are ten thousand, three or four. It was overwhelming, almost occupying every inch of land outside Gaoqiao Town.

The carriages, horses and tents were busy for a long time. By the time the sun was about to set, military tents and campsites had been erected neatly. Fode hosted a banquet for Commander-in-Chief Ronghua and Deputy General Duan Qiang of Guide Town, Commander-in-Chief Ma Wenjie and Staff General Liu Yandong of Yunyang Town. Also present were local officials such as the magistrate of Xuzhou and Tongsuan and Tongzhi of Chenzhou and Runing Prefectures. .

After eating and drinking, chatting about romance, and discussing a few military affairs, the Yibiao officers made a few promises to the local officials, and the banquet ended successfully. No one would think that Chen Jiajun could really stir up the whole world, although they have caused shock in the Central Plains. Just as the Qing army was about to fight Burma, Emperor Qianlong rushed to Yongchang with Mingrui, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and the Burmese general, preparing to mobilize more than 26,000 Manchu and Han officers and soldiers to attack the capital of Burma, Ava. For such a big event, if Chen Jiajun hadn't been involved in this matter, wouldn't the military and political officials in Henan and Hubei have been living their lives comfortably?

China is too big. When the Qing Dynasty was at its peak, it was hard to imagine any waves that could shake the country.

Since the suppression of the San Francisco Rebellion and Kang Mazi's three campaigns against Galdan, whether the Manchus faced the challenges from Mongolia in Qinghai or faced the war in Xinjiang, they could only be regarded as frontal wars. The same is true for the current attack on Myanmar. All troops from the southwest are being used and will have no impact on Hubei, Henan and other places. Even in terms of food and salary, they have no memory of the hinterland of the Central Plains.

But the former is more eye-catching and more glorious than the national war and the suppression of civil strife. At the banquet, a group of civil and military officials were much more energetic when talking about the conquest of Burma than when they were fighting the Chen family thieves.

But if anyone really takes this scene in front of him as the Qing army's true thoughts, he would be totally wrong.

Is the conquest of Burma none of their business? Good or bad, they are all Southwest dishes. For them, the Chen family thief in front of them is a big problem that affects their heads and heads.

The Chen family's thieves have sharp armor, and the Green Camp cannot match them in this regard. But the green camp has the advantage of having more shotguns, and no matter how strong the armor is, it can't stop a shot of the shotguns.

The Chen family's thieves don't have many artillery pieces. Although they have an extremely powerful cannon, its range is too short. This shortcoming greatly limits its actual combat capabilities. Ronghua and Ma Wenjie were both veterans. After collecting all kinds of information, they quickly discovered this.

And for such a powerful artillery, the gunpowder consumption can be imagined. The Chen family thieves huddled in Funiu Mountain last year, but this year they went out and traveled throughout Ruzhou, but how much gunpowder could they collect? If the Chen family thieves had too much gunpowder to use, they wouldn't wait until Wu Shixiong used it.

In this battle, Guide Town and Yunyang Town both used their financial resources. Zimu cannon, Weiyuan cannon, Tiexiao cannon [I really don’t know what this is], split mountain cannon [existing in the Qianlong Dynasty], the total number of artillery in the two towns exceeds fifty.

At the end of the banquet, Fu De, Rong Hua, and Ma Wenjie had another meeting, and there was a large map on the desk. This is the real military negotiation, and it is the highest level of the Qing army in this battle.

On the map, the location of Yancheng was marked with a big red dot, as well as the sand river going east. Their army will soon cross the Shahe River. Even if they do not enter the Yancheng County, they must ensure that they can reinforce the Yancheng County at any time. Then there was a battle with the Chen family thieves outside Yancheng to determine the outcome.

"Master Fantai, if you want to defeat the Chen family's thieves, you must first defeat the Chen family's cannons. This cannon is paged so magically that it has a great impact on the morale of the army."

"How do you two generals defeat this kind of cannon?" After paying attention to Chen Jiajun, Ford felt very puzzling about this kind of cannon. Because the information he collected showed that Chen Jiajun's cannon moved very quickly, which meant that it was very light.

But how can a lightweight artillery have such great pressure?

Although Ford was a civil servant, he also knew that the heavier the cannon, the more powerful it was.

"Lord Fantai, no matter how powerful the thief's cannon is, its range is its fatal flaw. According to the intelligence collected by the official, this kind of cannon can only hit about 30 feet. We can set up a branch camp outside the main camp. Set up trenches and walls outside the branch village..."

Rong Hua and Ma Wenjie can be said to be 'heroes with the same vision'. They all thought of how to deal with the flying thunder cannon - keep a distance. A military stronghold was set up outside the main camp. Outside the military stronghold, the distance was kept fifty feet away. trenches were dug, fences and low walls were set up, and police posts were set up.

Even if the Chen family's thieves used artillery fire, they could only hit the fences, low walls, and sentries. Even if they could move the artillery team outside the fences, low walls, and trenches, they would not be able to hit the military stronghold. The troops and artillery fire in the military camp will give the attacking Chen family's traitor army a severe lesson.

Don’t forget, although Guide Town and Yunyang Town, which are the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty’s economic system, do not have organized cavalry, they still have some war horses. Coupled with the powerful militia they recruited, the two towns have formed their own cavalry. A horse team of two to three hundred people. Yes, such cavalry cannot be called cavalry, they can only be called cavalry. What pitiful ponies, a big man like Shi Meng wished he could touch the ground with his feet when he rode them.

Thousands of years of grassland horse bloodline, year after year of castration, today's Mongolian horses and their derivatives are really hard to look at.

The three hundred horses and tall mules that Chen's army finally gathered together also have such problems.

The custom of castrating military horses inherited from ancient China has completely destroyed the excellent bloodline of East Asian native horses. Even Chen Ming's own mount is only more than four feet tall.

At the end of May, the vanguards of both sides arrived at the city of Yancheng at almost the same time.

As the landlord, the four gates of Yancheng were closed, and the militiamen on the top of the city were nervous and terrified. At this moment, I don't know how many people silently chanted Amitabha and Wuliang Tianzun in their hearts.

The Qing army was Chenzhou Camp under Guide Town. The general of Guide Town commanded the left and right camps of the town flag, as well as Shangqiu City Guard Camp, Yongcheng Camp, Kaocheng Camp, Chenzhou Camp and others. The number of people is the smallest among the three towns in Henan, because Guide is next to Kaifeng Prefecture. Kaifeng Prefecture has Kaifeng City Defense Camp and the Governor's Camp. Guide Town is so close that it is impossible to have a strong army.

Ronghua is the one with the least soldiers among the three generals in Henan. This time, Guide Town mobilized 3,000 troops, which has emptied Guide Town's assets. Chenzhou Camp has nearly 400 people, but with the Chenzhou militia around, the total force is close to 1,000. Chenzhou Prefecture has a large population and is located in a plain, so there are many landlords.

As for the Chen family army, that is Chen Erbao's vanguard officer.

"Kill, kill them for me——"